Protesters heed Police warnings, stay off protests’ venues (Vanguard) Following warnings by Lagos State Police Command against violent gatherings across the state, there appeared to be total compliance on Monday, as EndSARS Protesters were conspicuously absent at the various proposed…
*#EndSARS: Lekki shooting victims storm Lagos panel (Punch)*Lagos-Ibadan train tickets will cost N3,000 to N6,000 – FG (Punch)
EndSARS: Lekki shooting victims storm Lagos panel (Punch) Some persons with injuries on Friday stormed the Lagos Court of Arbitration in Lekki, the hearing venue of the Lagos State Panel of Judicial Inquiry probing the alleged shooting of protesters by…
NEXIT portal brings closure to N-power Batch A & B – Onyema Dike
The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development was created on August 21, 2019 with a clear mandate to “develop Humanitarian policies and provide effective coordination of national and international humanitarian interventions; ensure strategic Disaster Mitigation, Preparedness, and…
Before the 2nd wave: Humanitarian ministry and Nigeria’s COVID-19 response – Dapo Bruce
As the year draws to a close with ministries and MDAs auditing past performance and defending their 2021 draft budgets it has become expedient to look at how effective the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development was…
FG plans to buy locally assembled cars, says Osinbajo
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday said the federal government proposed in the 2020 Finance Bill to exempt minimum wage earners. He said the move was to reduce the impact of inflation on Nigerians, adding that the initiative would exempt minimum wage…
*Stock market reacts to recession, loses N8bn (Guardian)*4th Mainland Bridge: Lagos seeks support of boundary communities (Punch)
Stock market reacts to recession, loses N8bn (Guardian) Trading on the equities sector is already responding to economic recession, as the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) reopened on a downturn yesterday, causing the market capitalisation to depreciate by N8 billion. The…
Gov Dave Umahi’s defection and the unfolding game of political musical chairs – Magnus Onyibe
What started as an act of defiance by former Senate president, Ken Nnamani, in 2016 when he withdrew his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), before joining the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2017, and an unusual step taken…
*Court remands three suspected human part dealers (Punch)*Ex-governors’ pension: Sanwo-Olu’s example should be replicated in S’West states -YCE (Sun)
Court remands three suspected human part dealers (Punch) An Ilorin magistrates’ court has ordered the remand of two herbalists, Jamiu Agbomola and Abiodun Lekan, and a bricklayer, Wasiu Kareem, in the Federal Correctional Service Centre, Ilorin, Kwara State. The three…
*Police arrest seven over attacks on Lagos task force officials (Punch)*#EndSARS protester, Eromosele regains freedom (Thisday)
Police arrest seven over attacks on Lagos task force officials (Punch) The Lagos State Police Command said it had arrested seven suspects over the attacks on men of the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit.…
Buhari reinstates Ogundipe as UNILAG VC, dissolves Governing Council
President Muhammadu Buhari has reinstated the suspended Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe. Ogundipe was suspended in August by the Dr. Wale Babalakin-led Governing Council of the university. A statement by the spokesperson of the Federal Ministry of…
